REFORMING PUBLIC SERVICE DELIVERY SYSTEMS IN INDIA

Rationalization of Affidavits

Introduction: The following issues are covered:

(i) Affidavits.
(ii) Self attestation of original documents.
(iii) Need-Based Services - System of Reports/Verifications by Revenue Officials/
Lambardars/Municipal Commissioners/Sarpanches (for issuance of area/
residence/SC/Income certificates etc.).
(iv) Issuance of Residence/Domicile/Area/Income/Identity Cards/Other Misc. Certificates
(e.g. dependant/marriage status etc.) Designating Appropriate Authorities.
(v) Verification of Character and Antecedents: Central and State Governments.

I. AFFIDAVIT: DO WE NEED THEM?

Historically, governance has been a prisoner of the colonial non-faith citizen-government
exchange. The interaction of the State vis--vis the citizens continues to remain divergent,
even antagonistic, in terms of realization of the claims, entitlements and the basic rights.
The institutions, norms and procedures continue to function as colonial constructs, causing
a visible disconnect between the State and the people. However, the denial of the key
values like identity and dignity to the large sections of the population results into an
exclusion experience. In this case, they remain deficient citizens. This denial of
personhood across board to the citizens has led to a call for the right to have rights.
2. Affidavits are required in support of facts given by the applicants for issue of various
certificates, (residence etc.). Affidavits are affirmations by the applicants (supported in some
cases by third parties). For example, in the case of delayed registration of births up to one
year, an affidavit by an applicant is sufficient, whereas, in the case of income certificates,
affidavits of third parties are required. The practice is also prevalent in public utility services
and affidavits may be required for getting new power connections, water and sewerage
connections/new constructions. An affidavit, thus, is an important prerequisite for most of
the needbased services. Generally, affidavits require stamp paper/stamp fee and need to
be sworn before a Magistrate or a Public Notary.
3. Cost to the Citizens
Affidavits impose their own cost on the citizens buying stamp paper, locating a deed
writer, payment to the Notary for attestation and, of course, the time and efforts consumed

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in these processes. On the other hand, affidavits have no particular sanctity in law and the
same function can be easily performed by declarations.
4. In Punjab alone, it is estimated that at least half the households file affidavits
annually for one service or the other. Extrapolating this figure to India, the total number
may be more than 20 crore citizens/affidavits and assuming a cost of Rs.400/- per affidavit
(one day wages plus stamps, fees and charges), the total expenses incurred by the citizens in
India could well be to the extent of Rs. 8,000 crores approximately.
5. Affidavits, therefore, need to be replaced by Self-Declarations for all services in the
public utilities/agencies. Affidavit is a declaration, and such, a declaration in itself is
adequate for the purposes of law. Attestation by the officials, thus, does not appear to be
necessary. The applicant/signatory continues to be responsible for the statement made.
One advantage that the public agencies have is that they can also impose penal liability for
making wrong statements in terms of suspension of the services (suspension of ration card
facilities, disconnection of power supply etc.).
This practice of self declaration needs to be adopted in place of affidavits. This will save a lot
of bother and sizeable expenses in the citizen having to procure stamps/stamp paper which
is mostly not available at the place where the affidavit is to be submitted. Some of the
Central Government agencies (passport, income tax etc.) have already adopted this practice.
6. There appears to be no legal problem in adopting this practice. The Indian Penal
Code contains a number of Sections such as 177, 193, 197, 198, 199 and 200. These Sections
specifically deal with the implications of any false information/evidence/disclosure/
declaration made by the deponents and, any such instances have been included to be
subjected to the imposition of penalties, fines, registration of criminal cases and even
imprisonment. These are reproduced in Annexure 1.
7. Present position in Punjab:
The PGRC recommendations for substituting affidavits by self declarations in cases where
only administrative instructions were required to be amended, were accepted by the State
Government. As a result, about 50 services, including 40 administrative services (Income,
Scheduled caste, Residence, Ration card etc.), have been covered under the new process; in
addition, 10-20 services of Utilities (water connection/ meter change etc.) have also been
covered.

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8. As of now, affidavits are required to be filed only in a few matters, such as, asking
for arms licences, sale/purchase of vehicles, getting certificates relating to the births and
deaths, registration of marriages etc.
The benefit of change is obvious if one looks at the figures. During the year 2009-10, out of a
total of 22,68,439 services availed by the citizens at the District Suwidha Centres, as high as
65.60% (14,88,053) were affidavits alone. However, during the period from 1-4-12 to 31-3-
13, while a total number of 32,70,715 services were delivered by the Suwidha Centres, only
9.81%(3,20,963) services pertained to the affidavits. It is, therefore, clearly noticeable that,
consequent upon the issuance of the Government instructions dated 1-4-2010, whereby
non statutory affidavits were no longer required by the citizens, the Suwidha Centres have
been delivering the services within the prescribed timelines and, the actual number of the
services being dispensed at these Suwidha Centres has gone up four times between the two
reference periods indicated above i.e. 2009-10 and 2012-13.
SYSTEM OF AFFIDAVITS FOR NEED-BASED SERVICES
Existing Practice
At present, affidavits of the applicants/guardians are required for the various need-based
certificates residence/domicile/Kandi area/S.C./B.C. etc. In some cases, affidavits are
prescribed under some statutory Rules and Acts. In some cases, Public Notaries are allowed
to attest the same whereas in the case of others, only Executive Magistrates are
empowered.
Decision to be taken by the Government
(a) Self-declaration to be accepted in place of affidavits in all cases where affidavits are
not required as per any statutory provisions. (See Office Order of Government of
Punjab, Annexure-II)
(b) In cases where statutory rules provide for affidavits (e.g. byelaws for the approval of
new construction/water supply connection in Municipal areas), the bye-laws may be
amended.
(c) In cases where affidavits are required under any Act, In-charge of the Suvidha
Centre/officials designated by the Deputy Commissioner, at the district or sub-
division level, may be authorised to attest the same.
(d) The format for self-declaration would provide for the liability of the person making a
wrong declaration on the lines indicated in the Annexure II.

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(e) This decision will cover all affidavits presently required for the issuance of
Residence/Domicile/Kandi area/S.C./B.C./Income Certificates, Ration Cards and for
seeking permission for new sewerage, water and electricity connections.
Action required and the authorities responsible
(1) Deputy Commissioners: To switch to the new system within a month by displaying
and providing revised formats for self-declaration at all Suvidha Centres/Service
Providers. The system of affixing photograph of the applicant may, however, be
continued for self- declaration.
Secretaries of Departments
(2) All Secretaries, especially those dealing with education, health, technical education,
social security, irrigation and power departments etc., where affidavits are required
for establishing the eligibility for admission/employment, shall ensure that all
institutions/agencies change over knew the existing system of filing affidavits and
provide for the new system.
(3) All departments should display to the public the list of affidavits which have since
been substituted by self-declaration and another list of subjects/areas where
affidavit system is proposed to be continued due to some statutory/other
compulsions.
Action by Central Government
(i) At present, the affidavits have to be filed by the parties in cases and petitions etc. in
the Courts under CPC/CrPC/High Court Rules and Orders. The parties incur
substantial costs in terms of money as well as time in having to file affidavits at
almost every stage of the case. The appropriate laws CPC/CrPC/Evidence Act/High
Court Rules and Orders would need to be amended to permit self declarations to
be accepted as evidence. Attestation by the witnesses who are not public
authorities, can be provided in place of Notaries wherever considered necessary.
(ii) Births and Deaths Registration Act requires affidavits in case of the applications
filed after one year of the event.
(iii) Central Ministries may be requiring affidavits for different services, welfare
programmes and social security schemes
The Central Government take initiate appropriate action to amend the relevant laws/rules
to accept Self Declarations as evidence in place of affidavits.

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II. SELF-ATTESTATION OF ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS
Present position: These documents are required to be attested by Notary/Executive
Magistrate, and that itself leads to unnecessary delay. In most of the cases, copies are
required only for checking the eligibility (e.g. for admission in educational institutions)
where, in any case, the original documents are checked again finally for the shortlisted
candidates.
In cases where attestation is considered necessary, In-charge of Suvidha Centre needs to be
authorized to attest affidavits instead of having to send them to the Executive Magistrate,
thus, making the single window also a one-stop window.
There are cases where supporting affidavits of third parties (Sarpanch, Lambardar etc) are
required as evidence before issue of certificates e.g. income certificates. In these cases
also, declarations should be accepted in place of affidavits. It has also been proposed that
the citizen declarations should be adequate for the third party verification. In these cases,
one problem is establishing the identity of the third party. This can be established by Aadhar
Card. This will reduce the number of bogus attestations as the beneficiary-applicant will
anyhow remain liable. The present practice and the proposed process is indicated below:-
Services Present Proposed
Affidavit Affidavit is required to be Allow self-declaration by the
attested by Executive applicant.
Magistrate. In cases where attestation is
considered to be necessary,
Suvidha Centres to be authorized
to attest the same.
Contents of No warning or caution for The signatory is liable for action
the affidavit filing wrong declaration. under sections 199 and 200 of IPC
in case of wrong declaration.
It adds to transaction Self-declaration will be a part of
Court costs/delay, without any the application form.
fee/stamp compensating revenue
considerations.
Photograph Not required except in The practice of having a
Suvidha Centres. photograph of the applicant can be
continued in the Suvidha Centres,
even under the revised procedure
of self-declaration for purpose of
freezing the identity of the
applicant.

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 From Attestation of the Affidavit to Self-Declaration

Allow self-declaration in lieu of affidavit.

Self-declaration to be a part of the application for a service.
Declaration to provide for liability for wrong declaration.

Decisions to be taken by the Government

(a) Self-attestation of documents should be permitted in case of documents required for
seeking domicile/Kandi area/S.C./B.C./Income Certificates/Ration Cards, Electricity,
Water Connections & similar services and for the applications for seeking admission
to the educational institutions/employment.
(b) In cases where attestation by the 3rd party is considered to be necessary, In-charge
Suvidha Centre or designated official or third person holding Aadhar Card is
authorised to attest the documents.
(c) Agencies responsible for making admissions in educational institutions and for
offering employment should accept self-attested copies and call for original
documents only from the shortlisted/finally selected candidates.
III. NEED-BASED SERVICES - SYSTEM OF REPORTS/VERIFICATIONS BY REVENUE OFFICIALS/
LAMBARDARS/MUNICIPAL COMMISSIONERS/SARPANCHES (FOR ISSUANCE OF AREA,
RESIDENCE/SC/INCOME CERTIFICATES, ETC.)
Various institutions and organizations ask for residence certificates which are mostly needed
for the purposes of employment and education. Generally, the certificates are issued in
compliance with the prescribed conditions e.g., some institutions may ask for residence
certificate on the basis of residence/domicile for the last five years whereas others may be
content with a certificate regarding the applicant being ordinarily resident.
Field Reports/Verification
In some cases, field reports/verification is required from Municipal Commissioner/Sarpanch
and, in addition, from Patwari and Kanungo. At present, elected officials as well as revenue
officials are required to report in case of rural areas.
Ideally, since the MCs/Sarpanches are not the custodians of information about the
applicant nor do they have any standard means of enquiry, self-declarations should be
adequate in most of the cases. In practice, the publicmen, given their position which is
dependent on the constituents goodwill, can rarely afford to refuse on the grounds of lack

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of personal knowledge, and the endorsement by the publicmen is generally a ritual without
much relevance to the correctness of the stated facts.
Verification by Government Officials: Rural areas
The verification by the government officials, for instance, Patwari and Kanungos, who are
concerned with land matters, do not have the custody of information regarding the
residence. The practice of verification by them, therefore, in any case, needs to be
discontinued. There is noi logic in making the process more onerous for the rural areas, just
because the revenue officials happen to be available there.
It appears more appropriate to
(i). Ensure proper identification of the applicant,
(ii). Allow any two citizens (including government officials) in place of or in addition to
the public officials to provide supporting declarations.
(iii). Ensure proper identification (e.g. EPIC, Ration Card with photo, Aadhar Card, etc.) of
the supporting citizens; and
(iv). Provide for liability for action in case of wrong declarations.
SOME INDICATORS FOR PROCEDURAL CHANGE
Period of Stay Required for Residence Proof
It is understood that the government requires proof of residence for 5 years (in the case of
Punjab). This is unreasonable if we take note of the labour mobility. The proof of residence
should be the same as for elections- a person is only required to be ordinarily resident. In
any case, certificates can be issued on the basis of two year stay at the address given, as is
the practice for issue of passports.
Lack of uniformity
Different institutions have prescribed different criteria for residence/ area certificates. Some
even require certificates of residence by birth; others need, at least, five years proof of
residence and so forth. At least, within a particular State, all the institutions should follow a
uniform pattern -- residence proof based on two year stay.
Discretion of the Officers
The systems and processes are routine and non-discretionary. There may, however, be
cases where some documents are not available or are inadequate due to unavoidable
reasons (e.g. recent shifting of family). In such cases, the applicant may be allowed to lead
supportive evidence/witnesses by the competent authority and the case with

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recommendations referred to the next higher authority for decision. Instructions should
provide for scope for discretion at the defined levels superior to the deciding authority.
Risk Factors
Wrong issuance of certificates due to the acceptance of bogus documents etc., is unlikely as
the applicant continues to be responsible for wrong information. Self-attestation also means
self-incrimination. Self-attestation and verification are allowed for Passport and Income Tax
matters and there should be no problem in allowing it for these services. The risks can be
minimized by displaying the list of certificates already granted. Sheer competitive pressure
will lead to reduced risk of misuse, once the list of persons already issued the various
certificates is displayed on the website.
Processing of Applications
Processing of applications which is an internal matter of the public agency can be as per the
practice or as per the instructions issued in regard to the functioning of the Suvidha Centres.
The present practice/instructions and the proposed changes required are indicated below.
S.No Services Present Proposed
.

1. Residence/Area As prescribed by the Form to be placed on the Suvidha

Certificates - authority (e.g. by Centre website and should be
educational downloadable.
Application institutions) or as Hard copy should also be available
forms per the prescribed with the vendors, Suvidha Centres,
format. other concerned offices as at
present.
The form must contain instructions
and appropriate information on
check list etc. in clear and user-
friendly manner and language.
No court fee or other stamp fees
should be leviable. Form to be
available free, except at Suvidha
Centres where a nominal service
charge can be levied.
2. Documentation Affidavit by the Self-declaration to be allowed.
or Reports applicant or by the The declaration should provide for
Affidavit parent or guardian the applicants responsibility for
in case of minor. giving correct information.
The affidavit is (The information given by me in the
required to be form/enclosures is true and I am
attested by the solely responsible for its accuracy and

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 Executive liable for action under sections
Magistrate. 199/200 of the IPC in case of wrong
declaration/information).

Residence Proof Attested photocopy by Self-attested copies to be

Gazetted Officer or accepted.
Notary:

Ration Card
Voter Card
School Certificate
(Only required for rural
area certificate)

Field Reports Required Discontinue verification by the

revenue staff.
a)Recommenda Discontinue verification by MC or
tions/Certificat Sarpanch;
e by
Accept supporting declaration by
MC/Sarpanch/R
two residents of the village or
evenue Staff
town, subject to proper
identification.

Attestation by
b)Attestation of notary or Executive Permit self-attestation
Originals Magistrate

Authority to Suvidha Centres or No change

whom Tehsildar/specified
application is to authority.
be submitted

Competent Tehsildar or SDM. Officer-in-charge of Suvidha Centre

authority for Sub-Tehsil not or Tehsildar or Naib-Tehsildar.
Issue/Signature authorized. Standard Format: Standard format of
Officer-in-charge of the certificate to be adopted by all the
Suvidha Centre institutions.
needs to be
empowered to issue
as the process is not
discretionary.
Naib-Tehsildar or
Tehsildar should be
authorized in place

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 of SDM. Sub-tehsils
should also
entertain
applications and
issue these
certificates.
Citizen Charters Varies/ not Citizen Charters must be in local
available. language
Contents of the Charter.

Forms should be downloadable.

Check list.
Response time - (suggested: same
day).
Where to Apply
Complaint system
Recommendations

Two years stay to be sufficient for issue of certificates.

Discontinue verification and reports from public officials or government
officials.
Declaration by applicant in lieu of affidavit, field report and verification.
In case third party verification is considered necessary, accept declaration
from citizens.
Same day delivery.
Tehsildar/Naib Tehsildar/Suvidha Centre in charge to be the deciding
authority.
Sub-Divisional Magistrate to be the grievance redressal authority.

Decision to be taken by the Government

(a) The system of verification and field reports for issuance of various certificates is
discontinued. Supporting declaration by 2 citizens (holding Aadhar Card) (including
government officials/elected officials) would be considered sufficient.
(b) Proper identification of supporting witness is to be ensured (EPIC, Ration Card,
Aadhar Card, etc.).
(c) As in the case of self-declaration by the applicant, the supporting declaration should
provide for liability for action under section 199/200 IPC in case of wrong
declaration; photographs of the supporting witnesses need to be affixed, as in case
of self-declaration.
(d) This system should be adopted for the issuance of area/residence/domicile/
income/S.C./B.C. certificates, for old age pension applications and for other services
of a similar nature.

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IV. ISSUANCE OF RESIDENCE/DOMICILE/AREA/INCOME/IDENTITY CARDS/OTHER MISC.
CERTIFICATES (E.G. DEPENDANT/MARRIAGE STATUS ETC.) DESIGNATING APPROPRIATE
AUTHORITIES

Present Position: Even where applications are filed with the Suvidha Centre, these are
referred to other authorities (e.g. Tehsildar/SDM/District Registrar of Births etc.) for formal
issue of the certificates.
Decision to be taken by the State Government

In case of the services mentioned, Incharge of the Suvidha Centre or an official so

designated by the Deputy Commissioner should be authorised to issue the certificates.

V. VERIFICATION OF CHARACTER AND ANTECEDENTS: CENTRAL AND STATE GOVTS.

This is done in case of new appointments in government and for issue of passports. It needs
to be considered if this can be eliminated as (i) the police check is only about any criminal
cases for which the persons concerned do provide necessary declarations and remain liable
for false declaration; (ii) the police report is perfunctory as it covers the last place of
residence only; (iii) in any case, neighbours affirmation appears to have little meaning.

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 Annexure 1
Section 177. Furnishing false information
Whoever, being legally bound to furnish information on any subject to any public servant, as
such, furnishes, as true, information on the subject which he knows or has reason to believe
to be false, shall be punished with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to six
months, or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, or with both;
Or, if the information which he is legally bound to give respects the commission of an
offence, or is required for the purpose of preventing the commission of an offence, or in
order to the apprehension of an offender, with imprisonment of either description for a
term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.
Section 193. Punishment for false evidence
Whoever intentionally gives false evidence in any stage of a judicial proceeding, or
fabricates false evidence for the purpose of being used in any stage of a judicial proceeding,
shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to
seven years, and shall also be liable to fine;
and whoever intentionally gives or fabricates false evidence in any other case, shall be
punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three
years, and shall also be liable to fine.
Section 197. Issuing or signing false certificate
Whoever issues or signs any certificate required by law to be given or signed, or relating to
any fact of which such certificate is by law admissible in evidence, knowing or believing that
such certificate is false in any material point, shall be punished in the same manner as if he
gave false evidence.
Section 198. Using as true a certificate known to be false
Whoever corruptly uses or attempts to use any such certificate as a true certificate, knowing
the same to be false in any material point, shall be punished in the same manner as if he
gave false evidence.
Section 199. False statement made in declaration which is by law receivable as evidence
Whoever, in any declaration made or subscribed by him, which declaration any Court of
Justice, or any public servant or other person, is bound or authorized by law to receive as
evidence of any fact, makes any statement which is false, and which he either knows or
believes to be false or does not believe to be true, touching any point material to the object

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for which the declaration is made or used, shall be punished in the same manner as if he
gave false evidence.
Section 200. Using as true such declaration knowing it to be false
Whoever corruptly uses or attempts to use as true any such declaration, knowing the same
to be false in any material point, shall be punished in the same manner as if he gave false
evidence.
Explanation A declaration which is inadmissible merely upon the ground of some
informality, is a declaration within the meaning of sections 199 to 200.

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 Annexure-II

GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB
DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL
(TRAINING BRANCH)

To

All Heads of Departments,

Commissioners of Divisions,
Registrar, High Court of Punjab and Haryana,
Deputy Commissioners and Sub Divisional Officers (Civil).

Memo No. 3/7/2010-Trg.(3)/1007

Dated Chandigarh the 10th March, 2010.

Subject: Implementation of the recommendations of the Punjab Governance

Reforms Commission, regarding;

Punjab Governance Reforms Commission was set up on 8th January,

2009 under the Government orders. The Commission has already submitted two
Reports to the Government. The proposed recommendations of the Commission
were considered carefully by the Government and it was decided that the
recommendations will be considered by the Empowered Committee under the
Chairmanship of Chief Secretary and, thereafter, the Department of Personnel, in
consultation with the concerned Secretaries, will be responsible for getting the
Government decisions implemented regarding the recommendations of the
Commission.

The recommendations of the Commission were carefully considered.

The following orders were issued regarding the specific recommendations related to
affidavits and attestations.

All concerned are requested to immediately act in accordance with

the revised procedures within the defined time frame.

1. Attestation system related to need based services:

1.1 Presently, the applicants/guardians have to submit affidavits to get various

need based certificates such as Residence/ /Kandi Area/SC/BC etc. In some cases,
affidavits are required due to some rules, sub rules etc. under the authority of some
specific law. For such cases, these are attested by Public Notary while in other cases,
attestation rests with the Executive Magistrates.

1.2 The view of the Government is that by asking for affidavits, the citizens are
put to unnecessary harassment and as such, attestation should be replaced by self-

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declaration in majority of the cases because there is a provision for stern action
under the law for making wrong declaration. Therefore, it has been decided that no
Government Department or organization will ask for affidavits from the applicants
except in those cases where affidavits are required under law. In place of having
affidavits, self-declaration has been accepted and this system will be implemented
with effect from Ist April, 2010 onwards. It will be ensured by the Deputy
Commissioners of the State that the self-declaration forms will be available at all the
Suwidha Kendras to the citizens. Though, the self-declaration will carry a photo of
the applicant.

1.3 All the Secretaries of the Departments, especially, Education, Health,

Technical Education, Irrigation and Power etc. and others where affidavits are
required for seeking admission or employment, will ensure that all
organizations/agencies will replace the existing system of submission of affidavits
with self-declaration and implement the changed system within the time frame.

1.4 All the Departments will submit a list of affidavits which have been replaced
by self-declaration to the P.G.R. Cell of Department of Personnel and another list of
the subjects where affidavits are required to continue due to legal formalities or on
account of any other reasons. This list should be submitted by 30th April, 2010.

2. Attestation of Documents:

2.1 Presently, the applicants seeking admission in educational institutions and

employment in Government Departments, are required to prove their eligibility to
submit the attested copies of certificates. In some cases, the applicants are required
to have the particulars mentioned in the applications duly attested by the Executive
Magistrates.

2.2 The Government has decided that the applicants while submitting documents
for admission in educational institutions and for seeking employment will be
permitted to submit self-attestation with effect from Ist April, 2010 onwards.

2.3 For admission to educational institutions and for providing employment, the
concerned agencies should accept the self-attested copies from the applicants and
the original certificates should be called only from finally selected candidates

3. Action to be taken by the Authorities:

3.1 The Administrative Secretaries of the Departments of Education, Higher

Education, Medical Education and Research and Technical Education are requested
to ensure the implementation of the Government decision in all the educational
institutions. The format of the application form is, thus, required to be revised
properly before seeking applications for admission by the applicants during the
Academic Session of 2010-11.

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3.2 Chairmen of the Punjab Public Service Commission and Subordinate Services
Selection Board are requested to ensure the implementation of the decision while
making recruitments. The recruitments which are not covered by the above two
authorities, the Administrative Secretaries and Heads of Departments concerned are
required to take appropriate steps in the Departmental Selection Committees.

3.3 The Deputy Commissioners of the State are required to ensure that the
decision will be disseminated through the District Suwidha Centres by publicizing the
same widely and prominently. While doing so, due attention may also be drawn to
the relevant provisions of The Indian Penal Code for willfully filing wrong declaration
(Annexure-1).

3.4 Self-declaration format will also be properly included in the applications for
employment being provided by various organizations under the control of the State
Government.(Annexure -2).

S. C. Agrawal.
Chief Secretary, Government of Punjab.

Endst. No. 3/7/2010-Trg.(3)/1008 Dated Chandigarh the 10th March, 2010.

Copy is forwarded to Shri Satish Chandra, IAS, Principal Secretary, Health &
Family Welfare, Planning and ex-officio Member Secretary, Punjab Governance
Reforms Commission & Chairman, Core Implementation Committee for information
and necessary action.

Sd/-
Under Secretary
Personnel

Endst. No. 3/7/2010-Trg.(3)/1009 Dated Chandigarh the 10th March, 2010.

Copy is forwarded to the following for ensuring early follow up action:-
1) Chairman, Punjab Public Service Commission;
2) Chairman, Subordinate Services Selection Board, Punjab;
3) Vice Chancellor, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar;
4) Vice Chancellor, Punjabi University, Patiala;
5) Vice Chancellor, Baba Farid Medical University of Health Sciences, Faridkot;
6) Vice Chancellor, Punjab Technical University, Jalandhar;
7) Vice Chancellor, Central University, Punjab, Bathinda;
8) Vice Chancellor, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Science University,
Ludhiana;
9) Vice Chancellor, Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Patiala; and
10) Vice Chancellor, Punjab Agriculture University, Ludhiana.
Sd/-
Under Secretary Personnel

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A) Self-declaration for getting services from Government Departments/Local
Bodies/Autonomous Institutions under the State Government.
The written declaration as given hereunder will be included at the end of the
application form for seeking the services:
I_________________________________Son/Daughter of Sh.
____________________
Age__________________ Year______________resident of _____________________
District_________________Punjab, hereby declare that the information given above
and in the enclosed documents is true to the best of my knowledge and belief and
nothing has been concealed therein. I am well aware of the fact that if the
information given by me is proved false/not true, I will have to face the punishment
as per the law. Also, all the benefits availed by me shall be summarily withdrawn.

B) Self-declaration for getting admission in the educational institutions under the

State Government:

The written declaration as given hereunder will be included at the end of the
application form for getting admission:
I_________________________________Son/Daughter of Sh.
____________________
Age__________________ Year______________resident of _____________________
District_________________Punjab, hereby declare that the information given above
and in the enclosed documents is true to the best of my knowledge and belief and
nothing has been concealed therein. I am well aware of the fact that if the
information given by me is proved false/not true, I will have to face the punishment
as per the law. Also, all the benefits availed by me shall be summarily withdrawn.

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C) Self-declaration for getting employment in Local Bodies/Autonomous Bodies
under the State Government:

The written declaration as given hereunder will be included at the end of the
application form for getting employment:
I_________________________________Son/Daughter of Sh.
____________________
Age__________________ Year______________resident of _____________________
District_________________Punjab, hereby declare that the information given above
and in the enclosed documents is true to the best of my knowledge and belief and
nothing has been concealed therein. I am well aware of the fact that if the
information given by me is proved false/not true, I will have to face the punishment
as per the law. Also, all the benefits availed by me shall be summarily withdrawn.

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